Mrs. Verma Harris Doss died on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008. Some might ask who was Verma Harris Doss. To our family two things are of note:
1. She died at 92 years old and as such she was the oldest member of the Mt. Hebrew C. M.E. Church. For those of you not in the know, that is the home church for our family that was built on land provided by R. F. McKindra Sr. Mt. Hebrew C.M.E. Church which records show was organized in 1885.
2. She was the oldest daughter of Mrs. Daisy Winston Harris who lived to be 106 years old and was the head cook at the Union Chapel School for approximately 40 years. Some would say that had she been able to compete in the Iron Chef competition she would have won hands down!
Mrs. Verma was married to “Pigeon” Doss and they had six children who were contemporaries of Mattie, Myrtle Jean, and Eloise just to name a few. The Doss and McKindra families continued their association through Mrs. Verma’s grandson who was a contemporary of Fatima and Freeman McKindra Jr. You may check her obituary in the online version of the Pettie Jean Headlight of Morrilton, AR. The obituary should appear in the addition that comes out this Wednesday…
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